Social media now plays a bigger part in our lives than ever. With smartphones in our pockets and even on our wrists, it’s now an unescapable way to spend a few spare minutes here and there. Or to get completely lost in an undesired extended scroll. With that said, let’s beat the dull scroll and make social media time useful […]
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Following on in our little series on enhancing social media to your advantage for language learning about Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter so far, today I wanted to share some ideas on using Facebook for language learning. The thing about Facebook compared to other social media platforms is that we tend to use it more often than others. When people complain […]
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When it comes to the most current example of language, nothing out there rivals social media. I’ve talked in detail on the blog before about how to use Snapchat and Instagram for language learning. Well, today is the turn of Twitter. If you’re curious as to why social media is such a crucial language learning tool, check out this blog […]
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One thing I love is self-study. I even have a course, Successful Self-Study, dedicated to teaching you how to improve your language learning when you’re doing it solo. And one question I’m always asked about is how to learn vocabulary. So when I was chatting with Gabriel, one half of Clark and Miller, and he shared the idea for this […]
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It’s pretty rare that I get to do a 9 Reasons video about a language as I’m learning it. Normally I enlist the help of someone in the know and get just as curious as you do when you watch and learn about a language you didn’t know much about before. However, this one is a little different. Recently, Fiel […]
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At the start of 2016, I had a new language learning experience: a study buddy. But what role does a study buddy fill? And how can they help your language learning? I sat down with Shannon Kennedy to discuss how to have a successful language study buddy. Learning Korean at the start of 2016, I was excited to have a […]
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